because of monday

my love for vsoup diminished a little.

but my love for katsu curry udon has rekindled.

mmmmm yummy.

mmmmm happy.

not going to blog about sunday's GE women 10k in detail. nothing much to mention other than the fact that my aunt who is twice my age is fitter than i am.

but at least i got a better timing than at AHM, 1 hr 24 mins 56 sec this time.

i did a "stock take" of the race bibs and medals and here's what i have

2x 5km (mizuno wave 07, GE 07)
6x 10km (SCSM 07, sundown 08, GE 08, AHM 08, nike human race 08, AHM 09)
1x 15km (saucony passion run 08)
1x 21.1km (scsm 08)

1 DNF (did not finish) - passion run 09

and tomorrow i will be going for GE 2009 with my aunt!

Have to wake up at 5am and it's 12mn now but im still awake. Just made my glucose drink and packed my stuff. habits just don't change do they?!

on another note, it's jo's first day on stage tomorrow for the church choir!!!!! though i wont be attending service, im sure she will do a fine job :)

tasks completed: MM assignment.

tasks uncompleted: IM tutorial, ESAP assignment, FI assignment.

tasks i wish to do next: none.

and i did: a 3km jog around sunshine park.

am i crazy or what!

though half asleep, im aware that he covered me with a blanket, made me cozy with pillows, checked the room temperature and still shuffles around to make sure my nap is most comfy.

Mmmmm. :)

it is heartwarming to know that someone remembers the littlest event that is going on in my life.

sending a short note of encouragement and well-wishing always brightens up the darkest nights.

i appreciate it, and that's why i treasure the friendship that we share, always.

thank you.

and so here it goes, my monthly jounal entry.

I'm done with my HK drama.
I'm done with my sewing.
I'm bored of the game i was playing.

so now it's back to reading, and studying my ass off cos hol's OUT and school's IN!

After a lot a lot a lot of trials, and trouble, and calling SIM every day (no joke being put on hold for 30 mins on my HP!), i am finally back into the banking and finance programme. School begins tomorrow and it is WORK WORK WORK!

All thanks to the one above for the increasing favour! now THIS has W-O-W factor!

the saturday night before the race, i had pre race jitters again.

as usual, i did not train for it. to make things worse, i'll be running alone for this event. my bags weren't packed when jj called to ask me out for supper (and all i could have was iced milo while watching him dig in to my favourite thompson prata). on top of that, i realised my tin of glucose disappeared from the kitchen. HOW NOW HOW NOW. im feeling jittery, my legs are a little jelly.

reached home at 12+ or 1, bought myself a tin of glucose, packed my stuff, headed for bed at about 2+. i need sleep, i need to sleep. but my eyes were still opened wide.

come 545am when the alarm sounded, i got out of bed, prepared myself and off i went to the race venue. It is pretty weird why i wasn't deterred to attend this race knowing that i'd be doing it alone.

The run started abruptly. to cut the story short, i wasn't at the front section of the pack and so i cannot afford to slacken too much. Starting my stopwatch and my own race, i decided to just give it my best shot. some 500m later, some army boys were spotted STROLLING through raffles place. (how to trust them to defend our country like that!)

So anyway, i got a little tired after 3rd KM and i decided to just relax and rely not on my strength but on His. Besides, i've already prayed about it and i will complete the race no matter what and i know He's going through it with me.

the 4-6km point was the hardest, because it is just one long stretch in, pass the tunnel, and the half time mat, thru the same long stretch and out. It was pretty demoralising that when i reached the 4km mark, there were already A LOT of people on the OTHER side.

Next up we have the F1 pit stop area, which i must say, that for most of the races, i would be walking almost 50% of it. and the more you walk, the more pissed off you get. But today, i'm going to run through it. which i did! i only made a stop for the water point and then i'm outta the pit stop. it didn't really feel like hell afterall.

Saw the 8km point and i know the end is near. (but not so near). the sun was scorching hot. i thought i was gonna get a watch tan. Thank God that didn't happen!

Was clueless as to how the road leads to the end point, so i just follow the crowd and when i saw the finishing line, i just ran through it, feeling as if i did not give my best shot.

Oh well, i completed the race. that's what matters most isn't it? At that point, i couldn't even remember what the whole entire race felt like. I only knew, time for some iced cold hundred plus and hello medal.

Thanks to Him that i finished the race without wanting to give up at any point! My legs ached (like MAD) on monday and i treated it with 5 RED HOT CHILLI PADI salonpas patches.

That's what i get for not training, and not stretching after the run!
FYI, i did it in 1 hr 31 mins 30s. This has been crowned my personal worse but HEY i didn't feel horrible like in the sundown 2008! in terms of mood, i think it's one of the best races! glad i finished it anyways. (:

nothing really beats a great hearty laugh over something stupidly hilarious (or hilariously stupid?) especially over a genuine mistake.

And of course to make everything perfecto, i would recommend a healthy subway for lunch with that good old pal.

now as i lay on the bed i used to sleep on as a child, lots of beautiful memories fill my head. And with that, i bid you goodnight.

If I were a farmer, then today is a day of good harvest!

My holga 135BC  showed signs of retirement when it failed to capture some of my shots in the latest roll of ektachrome slides. so today i got it checked and it's as good as dead.

The shutter is problematic and doesn't open when it should, which explains the missing pictures. so i guess it's time to get something new. the 135bc will now be the latest addition to the display cabinet.

After some research and a lot of internal struggles, i decided to get the holga 120GN. which means, glass lens holga with no inbuilt flash!



i read that the in built flash for holgas spoil easily, and since i have the external flash, i guess this would be the better option for me, though i personally would prefer a camera with inbuilt flash because an external attachment can be quite a hassle to carry around.

but well, i got it anyway and this cost me $65! films are $5.50 for either 12 or 16 shots so i guess it's gonna be a little more taxing on the wallet!

After getting the camera, jj and i headed across the road to the plaza-of-cheap-watches cos i wanna get a vintagey rubber strap casio analogue watch. Not long later, my 2nd purchase for the day, the casio don't-know-what-model watch!



With a face like this, hard for anyone not to be able to tell the time!
And it's really cheap. this cost me only 10 bucks! while i saw it online retailing at 15 or 17.. tsk tsk tsk.

So anyway, after this, we headed to PS for ice age 3! It's a pretty good show, we had pretty good seats though the aircon was a little too strong. Terrific animation, probably better if you watched it in 3D (which i didn't, which also means if you haven't caught the show you should catch it in 3D).

Post movie, we had dinner at ijiban followed by a stopover at agnes b.
Spotted this pair of studs which are very pretty! but the thing is, it's in rose gold, which i'm not very fond of.
Caught sight of the matte silver heart brooch on the salesperson's jacket and it is something which i saw on the agnes b europe website few weeks ago and i heart it!

So i decided to purchase one of it and that cost me $31+. I think the proceeds (or some of it) will be going to charity :)

almost 15 minutes later i felt stupid buying it cos it was clearly an impulse buy. but i probably can wear it on my black dress or pin it to my bag or pencil case so it's not that bad after all..

that's about all the stuff i bought today, oh, and a cushion case for the camera at daiso (courtesy of jj koh).

P.s. if you haven't checked out the mochi ice creams at mochi creamery, you probably should do so soon! The ice creams are very very very very very YUMMY! especially the raspberry with white chocolate.

at this point, i really really really feel like having one of those!

13th July 2009



after a very long time and a lot of situations later, i have finally completed the first cross stitch :)

and on this same day, he surprised me (and the family) by appearing with 10 chicky wings and a bottle of apple tea. YUMMY!

(saturday, 04 july)

on the train, i saw this woman looking in my direction.

she looked at my leg, then at my face and then at my leg again.

"yes, i fell down from the bike." said i.


by the way, the scab is starting to peel.
should i give it a helping hand?
*trying real hard to resist.*

Yup, zero entries for the month of june. oops!

it is true that when i don't want to do anything, i can spend the whole entire day doing almost nothing.
but when i want to get something done, i can just go on forever. (especially handicrafts!)

I started cross stitching again after 3000 months, and i began needlework at 12mn. it is now freaking 5am, and i am pretty tired, but i can't continue stitching, not because i don't want to, but because i'm running out of brown, blue and pink threads to sew eeyore.

Off to the stores i'll go tomorrow to grab the essentials, and i will resume stitching!

Stay tuned for my completed work! :)

p.s. only people who check back on my (lifeless) journal often will complain about the lack of updates. xqq, hor? :)

p.p.s i am now heading to bed! goodnight!

seven hours of shopping and i bought nothing for myself.
but i did buy a special something for a special someone.

time is running out, i need to get a dress quick.
IS IT THAT DIFFICULT?
shrugs.

Been hooked on 萧煌奇's 你是我的眼 lately, a very touching song indeed. And slowly it led me to this song, 阿嬤的話 and it's an awesome number.

Although i don't understand hokkien most of the time, i get the gist of this song and it makes me treasure my 阿嬤 much more. As time passes, the elderly grandparents get on in ages and we have to treasure every moment we have with them.

I pray that God will bless her with good health, and happy days every day of her life.

On a separate note, last night we had a midweek service and it was indeed an awesome time spent with Him again. P&W was great as i felt blessed to be at church once again, proud to be a child of God. Towards the end of the session, a song came to my mind. It's the song we used to sing in primary school, everybody ought to know.

and it goes:
 

Everybody ought to know
Everybody ought to know
Everybody ought to know
Who Jesus is.

He's the lily of the valley
He's the bright and morning star
He's the fairest of ten thousands
Everybody ought to know.


And i got a revelation, yes, everybody ought to know MY Jesus..

note: the following post is an array of random thoughts.

Maybe it hasn't really sunk in to me yet, despite the fact that i have been out shopping and online ever so often and am hooked on a TVB drama, I still don't feel that at ease with myself.

Probably the exams came and gone in a rush, i felt as if i did not give my 101% and right after the exams i didn't feel as if i have used up all my energy, but.. heck. i have done what i can and i'll just leave the rest to God.

So anyway, after my last paper on thurs 21/05 i met a very tired gerald outside the examination hall. She plonked herself right on the chair cos her legs were so nua they were gonna break anytime! We headed for the airport for dinner at sakae, with some catching up between 2 very tired souls.

The first weekend post exams, i decided to surprise jj by booking the tickets to monsters vs aliens in 3D at tamp! so on sat, we headed for tamp, had a great dim sum lunch at crystal jade before heading to the cinema for the show. I'm not sure if he was surprised with the arrangement but i had to reveal the plan so as not to disrupt any plans he came up with.

Anyway the movie is quite boring. i mean seriously, other than the 3D effects, there is really no story line but i must say this 3D thing is an experience. Caught the trailer to coraline (3D too) and it seems not bad so i'll probably wanna catch this one. After the movie we shopped around tamp 1 and headed home for some poker and to slack, then he had to meet his friends at night while i went home to rest. That pretty much is how i spent my saturday.

P.s. I secretly love watching him get ready (dressed up) to go out. He, the lion, takes pride in looking good. 

This is my latest favourite drink!

After trying out spinelli's for the first time several weeks back with jj at heeren, a 2nd time yesterday (heeren again) and a 3rd today, i think i can go on to have another tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after (you get the drift).

It's so yummy because it's refreshing, it's a cool drink (for the HAWT weather), it's light and it's not very common.

We should be on our way home when i suggested spinelli's, then jo and i went on a hunt for it at raffles city only to realise it has closed (down) already.
All thanks to free wifi and the ipod touch, i located the next nearest outlet which is at peninsular and so off we went!

Jo bought herself a Fruitti-T twist plus a tiramisu and she bought me the Original iced-T twist (imo it's the yummiest!) plus a choco chip cookie (THANK YOU!)
and we had a little relaxing sunday afternoon, just watching the world go by.

I want another drink. preferably some time soon. like now. like NOW. NOW. NOW.

 

Each time i think about running to potong pasir, i think of the very dark cemetary, and the very dark school.

these 2 areas which i never fail to speed past each time i do a run at that area.

Today i got spurred to leave the house and have some quality ME time. yet another adventure with just me, my towel and my ipod. and probably 3 other me's in the background.

I wouldn't say it was a good run but i did push myself a little, i just wanted to recall the times i do runs to potong pasir and back, the times i decide to turn in to braddel road and refusing to cross the bridge and end up walking real far to get back up.

Today was a tad different because i was didn't do the full "routine".
Today was a tad different because i wasn't in the best of moods.
Today was a tad different because i couldn't see well.
Today was a tad different because i was low on concentration.

and thank God i came back safe and sound.

just 2 things.

1. im very happy with my new OPI!
2. i cannot seem to stop eating the gummies jo bought for me.


and another 2 more.

1. NO MORE sweet drinks (remind me friends.)
2. Exercise please.


last one.

FREAKEN STUDY.

I think you all know how much i hate night lessons in school.

But what delighted me most this evening, is when i was walking out of the campus, i saw a familiar silhouette.
Getting closer, i realised it was him and out comes a big big smile on my face.

I can't remember the last time anyone picked me up from school, and this was a very pleasant surprise! I bet he felt bad not walking me to the bus stop earlier, so he decided to pick me up from school instead.

we decided to take a nice slow walk to KAP for mac. It was about 2.5 bus stops away, but walking doesnt seem to be a bad choice afterall. The weather was cool, we were just chatting and laughing, basically having a good time.

Post mac, we grabbed a bus home and that pretty much ends my night.

When i was almost reaching home, mom called and she was surprisingly nice. i mean it was nearly 12mn and all, she should be  screaming at asking me why aren't i home yet, but she just asked me if i wanna have porridge and since i didn't wanna disappoint her, i said okay. and she heated up the porridge (think boiling hot!) for me before heading to bed.

AWWWW.

i'm sooooooo HAPPY! :)

it doesn't feel good not being able to participate in conversations.

it doesn't feel good not being able to express myself almost at all.

it doesn't feel good to have to whisper in AIR and people having to guess what i just said.

i want my voice back.
i just want to emo at home.

and i'm glad he likes the sean john set. :)